A nearly perfect weekend set of series begins tonight and there are two games in the Turbo window that easily could have been pushed to 7:05 PM giving us an almost perfect slate. I say almost perfect, because once again I question why the Cubs do not automatically get a home game at 2:20 PM on Friday’s in the summer and if we cannot give them weekend home series then lets at least have some game on this afternoon? I mean, the damn World Cup is supposedly this massive event and yet, it’s hardly ever on itself. Give us a damn game this afternoon, we deserve it. WEEKEND PREVIEW So, what makes this weekend so fun? It’s built with only three divisional series and they’re all very good (Tigers/Guardians, Braves/Mets, Yankees/Blue Jays). It also features only ONE “Home & Home” repeat where MLB is forcing teams to play each other twice in a short time span (Cubs/Giants). Here’s some immediate narrative/Dongers club thoughts on the series that stand out to take note all weekend & oh yeah, pretty much EVERY school system is out as of today. Marlins at Pirates: Marlins sneaky lefty power could be huge all weekend. Hate that this is a ‘Turbo’ slate today, but we get Pirates afternoon Saturday overs tomorrow, so thats nice. Mariners at Nationals: The Nats are dying a fast death right before our eyes. The hitting is slumping at times but is good at home and their bullpen is crumbling. For those long time DFS players, this is also the series that really cemented the Nationals not giving two shits about weather and PPD because they once played through a monsoon to get the Mariners out of town as quick as they could. O/U on 2.5 position players pitching in this series. Take the over. Padres at Orioles: The Machado return to Camden is one thing & getting it on a weekend for him to hit one out Sunday is a blessing from the schedulers. Tigers at Guardians: Lefties in Cleveland! Rangers at Red Sox: I got nothin. Zona at Reds: Ooh, now this is sweet. Always love me some Arizona on the east coast in the smaller dimension parks. Neither pen is good. There’s a Chairman here tomorrow. Braves at Mets: Austin Riley & Ozzie hit well in NY Yankees at Jays: No Judge/Stanton should help out the Jays, but I…...
